The Speaker (Sir Frank Madden) took the chair in the Legislative Assembly at half-past 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. Snowball presented a petition, ...
Article : 2,459 wordsThe proposed reclassification of the State public service was the chief topic discussed during the speeches delivered at the annual dinner of the State Service Professional ...
Article : 477 wordsThe Speaker (Mr. M[?]Donald) took the chair at half-past 2 o'clock yesterday and read the prayer. Mr. Roberts, in personal explanation, said ...
Article : 4,706 wordsComplaints have been made by a number of new arrivals, principally of the unsatisfactory method under which examinations for plumbers' licenses are conducted ...
Article : 483 wordsBALLARAT, Wednesday. — Mr. P. C. Webb, president of the New Zealand Federation of Labour, who is visiting Ballarat, in referring to the Waihi strike ...
Article : 155 wordsBENDIGO, Thursday.—Several ballot boxes were lost in connection with the recent ballot of the members of the Miners' Association is to wherher they would be ...
Article : 205 wordsBALLARAT, Thursday.—The committee of the branch of the Federated Mining Employees' Association to-night decided to ask the mining enginedrivers to confer with ...
Article : 76 wordsAt the Trades-hall Council meeting last evening, Mr. J. F. Hannan presiding, Mr. E. Schunke (Woodworkers' Union) gave notice of the following motion:— ...
Article : 98 wordsADELAIDE, Thursday.—At Port Augusta on Monday night Mr. Poynton, M.H.R., was presented by the citizens with a massive inkstand, made of a polished piece of railway ...
Article : 139 wordsDUNEDIN (N.Z.), Wednesday.—A ballot by the Dunedin waterside workers in favour of secession from the Federation of Labour was carried by a large majority, ...
Article : 54 wordsA complaint was made by fish salesmen at the last meeting of the Shop Assistants' and Warehouse Employees' Federation against the wages and working conditions that have ...
Article : 172 wordsBROKEN HILL, Thursday.—The journeyman butchers have decided that they will work on Wednesday afternoon, but not on Saturday afternoon. The members ...
Article : 80 wordsA communication was received at the Hawthorn council on Wednesday evening, from the Prahran and Malvern Tramway Trust, stating that an approximate estimate of £20,000 had been mde ...
Article : 114 wordsCaptain Larsen, who represents a Norwegian whaling enterprise, asked the Minister for Customs (Mr. Tudor) yesterday if duty would be tharged on two 200-ton ...
Article : 90 wordsThe Minister of labour (Mr. Murray) has decided to extend the dressmakers' determination to Castlemaine. ...
Article : 23 wordsSir,—I read your interesting leader of Saturday last, and the supplementary matter of Mr. Ernest E. Barker in your issue of to-day. I quite agree with the latter ...
Article : 1,039 wordsThe Minister for Labour (Mr. Murray) has nominated the following persons for appointment as members of the Fibrous Plasterers' Board: — Representatives of ...
Article : 51 wordsWhile the 9.35 a.m. mixed "down" train from Woodend to Daylesford was shunting at Fern Hill, the locomotive ran off the track through bumping into a plank which ...
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Advertising : 312 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of the Grocers' Employers' Union was held on Wednesday night, in the rooms, 369 Collins-street. The president (Mr. J. A. Melrose) occupied the ...
Article : 282 wordsOne rerult of the high prices prevailing at present in Victoria for live stock is that the stock traffic between Adelaide and Melbourne and Geelong has increased ...
Article : 77 wordsPassengers from Rippon Lea frequently desire to avail themselves of the opportunity of journeying to and from Melbourne by the St. Kilda to Brighton electric ...
Article : 110 wordsIt has been found difficult ot obatain employers' represent on the Stationery Board, owing to the fact that some companies are represented by shareholders who ...
Article : 186 wordsThe existing accommodation for the narrow-gauge rollling-stock at Upper Ferntree Gally is inadequate for requirements, and with a view to overcoming the difficulty ...
Article : 50 wordsMr. Smith has given notice in the Legislative Assembly for his intention to ask the Minister for Railways if there are any other crossings on the Victorian railways ...
Article : 66 wordsBALLARAT, Thursday.—A claim for damages has been made by Messrs. Coghlan, Bo[?]se, and Co. upon the Railway department in respect of a consignment of ...
Article : 189 wordsThe carters' board has amended its determination so far as it affects assistant drivers. The amendment provides that any person over 16 years so employed shall ...
Article : 95 wordsAt the last meeting of the Political Labour Council (Fitzroy branch), nominations of office-bearers were made as follow:—President, Mr. James Langwill; ...
Article : 69 wordsMr. C. H. Anderson, secretary of the Victorian branch of the Meat Industry Employees' Association, returned last week from an organising tour to the ...
Article : 67 wordsCOHUNA, Thursday. — At a meeting of the Cobuna Progress Association the matter of the continued delay in beginning the construction of the Cohuna line was discussed, and the following ...
Article : 100 wordsThe monthly meeting of the Chan[?] independent Union was held on Tuesday night at the rooms of the Independent Workers' Federation. Mr. James Sillett ...
Article : 190 wordsIn a heavy yearding of pigs at the Corporation Market, [?] Messrs, M'Phail [?] and Co. sold two [?] sows of the York-shire breed at £[?] and £9/10/ respectively, ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Fri 20 Sep 1912, Page 10
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